Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard transplanted by the water, fruitful and full of branches from abundant water. Its strongest stem became a ruler’s scepter it towered aloft among the thick boughs; it stood out in its height with its mass of branches. But it was plucked up in fury, cast down to the ground; the east wind dried it up; its fruit was stripped off, its strong stem was withered; the fire consumed it. Now it is transplanted into the wilderness, into a dry and thirsty land. And fire has gone out from its stem, has consumed its branches and fruit, so that there remains in it no strong stem, no scepter for ruling. This is a lamentation, and it is used as a lamentation. (Ezekiel 19:10-14, NRSV)
I read this verse several times to say just what are you saying…
A branch will flourish if it is planted in the proper location. If a vine is planted in a vineyard and is connected to the branch it will flourish and grow and produce. It can become the strongest branch and be like the staff of a king!
But if it is dried up, or plucked from the branch or burned it will not produce fruit and will not be like the staff of a king.
When we are removed from the presence of out King, our Father, our Lord, we will be like a dried up plucked from the proper place, burned in a fire branch.
We will lament. We will not be worth anything if we are removed from the presence of God, but in that proper place… Oh the fruit we will bring…
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